Hi everyone,
I was just reading the thread from "Jen", and was extremely interested about what was being said about constipation. Is there a definite link between scoliosis and constipation?
My daughter was diagnosed with scoliosis at 2 (she is now 4). There is also a suspected underlying neuro-muscular disease. She has suffered from chronic constipation practically from birth. Our GP and Paediatrician just shrugged it off every time I brought it up, and told me to give her more fibre. It was only when she was nearly 3 a health visitor saw her distressed, howling and doubled over (a regular event) that I was finally given a repeat prescription of senna and lactulose (a stool softener). I was also given a referral to a "continence adviser". They said that her distress was due to her attempting to retain stools to avoid pain caused by earlier bouts of constipation.
She is still seeing the "continence adviser"...but I just don't totally buy into this "retention" theory. She is toilet trained now, has no toilet phobia, is on daily senna and lactulose and has a good high fibre diet. However she still seems to find it actually physically difficult and uncomfortable to pass stools (even when they are completely loose), and if she doesn't get her medication everything quickly jams up completely . The paediatrician still says it's not linked to the scoliosis, the ortho says "not my field". The neuro didn't seem interested. The only person who showed any interest was a professor of dermatology at Great Ormond Street Hospital who was taking a "full history" for research into mid-line haemangiomas. She said that the birthmark, the scoliosis, muscle weakness and constipation were not seperate conditions but were all linked together.
Emma doesn't suffer from GERD.Does anybody know anything about what physically can cause these sorts of problems, and how it could be diagnosed?
Thanks
Kate
I was just reading the thread from "Jen", and was extremely interested about what was being said about constipation. Is there a definite link between scoliosis and constipation?
My daughter was diagnosed with scoliosis at 2 (she is now 4). There is also a suspected underlying neuro-muscular disease. She has suffered from chronic constipation practically from birth. Our GP and Paediatrician just shrugged it off every time I brought it up, and told me to give her more fibre. It was only when she was nearly 3 a health visitor saw her distressed, howling and doubled over (a regular event) that I was finally given a repeat prescription of senna and lactulose (a stool softener). I was also given a referral to a "continence adviser". They said that her distress was due to her attempting to retain stools to avoid pain caused by earlier bouts of constipation.
She is still seeing the "continence adviser"...but I just don't totally buy into this "retention" theory. She is toilet trained now, has no toilet phobia, is on daily senna and lactulose and has a good high fibre diet. However she still seems to find it actually physically difficult and uncomfortable to pass stools (even when they are completely loose), and if she doesn't get her medication everything quickly jams up completely . The paediatrician still says it's not linked to the scoliosis, the ortho says "not my field". The neuro didn't seem interested. The only person who showed any interest was a professor of dermatology at Great Ormond Street Hospital who was taking a "full history" for research into mid-line haemangiomas. She said that the birthmark, the scoliosis, muscle weakness and constipation were not seperate conditions but were all linked together.
Emma doesn't suffer from GERD.Does anybody know anything about what physically can cause these sorts of problems, and how it could be diagnosed?
Thanks
Kate
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